Clinical Dietetics 2 PG (9298.2)
Please note these are the 2024 details for this unit
Available teaching periods | Delivery mode | Location |
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View teaching periods | On-Campus |
UC - Canberra, Bruce |
EFTSL | Credit points | Faculty |
0.125 | 3 | Faculty Of Health |
Discipline | Study level | HECS Bands |
Discipline Of Nutrition And Dietetics | Post Graduate Level | Band 2 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 3 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Students develop their knowledge necessary for the delivery of competent and culturally appropriate nutritional care to individuals and groups. Students will have lectures and problem-based tutorials relating to clinical dietetics and medical aspects of nutrition.
1. Describe the physiological, psychological and metabolic processes influencing nutritional health within a variety of environmental, social and lifecycle circumstances;
2. Demonstrate the knowledge to be able to apply medical nutrition therapy in the clinical dietetic setting; and
3. Apply advanced knowledge and practice of medical nutrition therapy to culturally responsive assessment, diagnosis, intervention and management of individuals and groups.
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
Learning outcomes
On completion of this unit, students will be able to:1. Describe the physiological, psychological and metabolic processes influencing nutritional health within a variety of environmental, social and lifecycle circumstances;
2. Demonstrate the knowledge to be able to apply medical nutrition therapy in the clinical dietetic setting; and
3. Apply advanced knowledge and practice of medical nutrition therapy to culturally responsive assessment, diagnosis, intervention and management of individuals and groups.
Graduate attributes
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
Prerequisites
9297 Clinical Dietetics 1 PGCorequisites
None.Incompatible units
None.Equivalent units
None.Assumed knowledge
None.
Availability for enrolment in 2024 is subject to change and may not be confirmed until closer to the teaching start date.
Year | Location | Teaching period | Teaching start date | Delivery mode | Unit convener |
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2023 | UC - Canberra, Bruce | Semester 2 | 31 July 2023 | On-Campus | Dr Cathy Knight-Agarwal |
2024 | UC - Canberra, Bruce | Semester 2 | 29 July 2024 | On-Campus | Dr Cathy Knight-Agarwal |
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